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Cannes 2013: Critics tell Jerry Lewis he's no expert on comedy
Given that he hasn’t had a good joke since Eisenhower was in the White House, Jerry Lewis probably shouldn’t have complained that he doesn’t find female comedians funny. At a Cannes Film Festival news conference to tout his new film,...
Tags: Hallmark Channel (tv network), The Hangover (movie), Festive Events, Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment
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Review: 'Hangover Part III' is just one long headache
Who let the dogs out? In 2009 the Baha Men's lyrics felt caustic, clever, comical and slightly subversive, perfect for the debauched Las Vegas bachelor party that was about to unfold. Phil, Stu and Alan — a.k.a. the Wolfpack, played by Bradley...
Tags: Demerol (drug), The Hangover (movie), Star Trek (movie, 2009), Justin Bartha, Zach Galifianakis
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2013 TV upfronts: CBS unveils schedule with six new shows
NEW YORK -- Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall television schedule with four new comedies and two dramas. For CBS, the win in adults 18-...
Tags: Will Arnett, Advertising, Jerry Bruckheimer , Netflix Inc., Two and a Half Men (tv program)
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Baseball: The son of Biff from 'Back to the Future' leads Notre Dame
Varsity Times InsiderWho would have thought that the son of Biff from the 1985 movie classic, “Back to the Future,” might become a high school pitching star? Tommy Wilson, a junior pitcher at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and the son of actor...... -
MTV Movie Awards: 'The Avengers' takes top prize
The young fans who helped turn "The Avengers" into a blockbuster flex their muscles again at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, as the superhero flick took home the night's biggest prize. At the annual awards show, held at Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver...
Tags: Paul Feig, Life of Pi (movie), Entertainment, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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'SNL' pays punk tribute to Margaret Thatcher
“Saturday Night Live” host Vince Vaughn seemed to favor bizarre sketches (“How about a scene where a rich man comes down from a hill and dances with all the boys at the prom?” “What if there was a play where all the actors...
Tags: Literature, Social Issues, Racism, Jason Sudeikis, Zach Galifianakis
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Hollywood bets big on blockbusters, starting with 'Iron Man 3'
Summer is the season for blockbusters at the box office, and this year Hollywood is going all in. Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom...
Tags: Star Trek (movie, 2009), Jonah Hill, Jerry Bruckheimer , Life of Pi (movie), Man of Steel (movie)
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Summer Movie Sneaks complete list
The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...
Tags: Shailene Woodley, Billy Campbell, Carey Mulligan, Jesse Eisenberg, Tom Wilkinson
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Paul Feig puts 'The Heat' on funny women
Not long after Paul Feig created the beloved cult TV series "Freaks and Geeks" in 1999, studios began barraging him with coming-of-age sex comedy scripts, even though "Freaks," with its sweet, sympathetic portrait of the perils of adolescence, was...
Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Paul Feig, Television, Identity Thief (movie), Entertainment
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'Veep's' Tony Hale on man bags, ear hygiene, 'Arrested Development'
He's the guy getting a lot of ear action. Tony Hale is back as the vice president's boy Friday in HBO's political comedy "Veep." In the midst of Washington chaos, he's never too far from Selina's (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) ear, ready to whip out hand...
Tags: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Police Arrests, Netflix Inc., Celebrities, Entertainment
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Swoosie Kurtz picks herself up off cutting-room floor
Swoosie Kurtz, who plays Melissa McCarthy's outrageous mother, Joyce, on the hit CBS sitcom "Mike & Molly," got her first lesson in the fickleness of show business more than 50 years ago in a production of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth" at...
Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, PBS (tv network), Dangerous Liaisons (movie)
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Sandra Bullock's 'The Heat' to honor Boston cops with screening
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy's buddy cop comedy "The Heat" will be screened in advance for Boston police officers and FBI agents. The city was stunned Monday after twin bombings at the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured scores more....
Tags: Bill Burr, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Sandra Bullock, Paul Feig, FBI
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